1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451319703321

Titolo

Financial privacy, consumer prosperity, and the public good [[electronic resource] /] / Fred H. Cate ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, 2003

ISBN

0-8157-9606-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (69 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CateFred H

Disciplina

346.7307/3

Soggetti

Credit bureaus - Law and legislation - United States

Consumer credit - Law and legislation - United States

Pre-emption - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The U.S. credit reporting system and the Fair Credit Reporting Act -- The impact of a robust national credit reporting system -- Preemption in credit reporting -- What is at risk if preemption expires? -- Recommendations and conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

A Brookings Institution Press and American Enterprise Institute publication American consumers have become accustomed to obtaining instant credit. The process requires that credit bureaus have easy access to sensitive financial information about individuals, compiled largely without their consent. This report examines the debate surrounding the role of the states in regulating these credit bureaus, especially in light of expiring amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which have allowed bureaus to continue these practices, exempting them from state laws that might obstruct them. How this



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910972684803321

Titolo

End-of-life stories : crossing disciplinary boundaries / / editors, Donald E. Gelfand ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub., c2005

ISBN

0-8261-2676-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Springer series on death and suicide

Altri autori (Persone)

GelfandDonald E

Disciplina

155.9/37

Soggetti

Death - Psychological aspects

Terminally ill - Psychology

Terminally ill

Storytelling - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The model : constructs, story domains, and levels -- Stories of Ron : music to his ears -- Stories of Ryan : too little time -- Stories of Grace : gifts and givers -- Stories of Avery : living and dying well -- Stories of Maggie : family dynamite -- Stories of Malika : defining a person -- Stories of Sonny : tattoos and tolerance -- Stories of Pearl : surviving end-of-life care -- Stories of Henry : family choices and challenges -- Stories of Peter : trouble with God and family --  Stories of Jim : homeless and at home -- Stories of Shanti : culture and karma --  Stories of three veterans : a spectrum of palliation -- Three veterans' stories, Robert Zalenski : boundaries and bridges.

Sommario/riassunto

End-of-life experiences are often viewed in terms of only one perspective such as medicine. In this volume, a variety of end-of life experiences are presented and each case is analyzed from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. These range across a broad array of the helping professions, and disciplines such as information, law and the social sciences. The book provides a variety of narratives about end-of-life experiences contributed by members of the Wayne State University End-of-Life Interdisciplinary Project. Each of the narratives is then analyzed from several different disciplinary per